Shaun Adendorff

Club

Doncaster Knights

Position

Flanker

Nationality

South Africa

Date of birth

1992-05-28

Birthplace

Durban, South Africa

Height

1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb)

Shaun Adendorff (born 28 May 1992 in Durban, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for Northampton Saints in Premiership Rugby. His regular position is flanker.

Career
KwaZulu-Natal
Adendorff was selected to represent his local KwaZulu-Natal provincial union at both the 2005 Under-13 Craven Week for primary schools tournament and at the 2008 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournament. He didn't represent them at Craven Week level though and opted to move to Pretoria to join the Blue Bulls academy after high school.

Blue Bulls / South Africa Under-20 / UP Tuks
Adendorff joined the Blue Bulls academy for the 2011 season and was selected to play for the Blue Bulls U19 side in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He started nine of their twelve matches during the regular season of the competition, scored tries in their matches against SWD U19, Golden Lions U19 and Leopards U19 to help the Blue Bulls finish top of the log to qualify for the title play-offs. He started their 48–13 victory over Free State U19 in the semi-final, as well as the final, where the team suffered a 19–20 defeat to the Golden Lions U19s in Johannesburg.

In 2012, he was selected in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship, which was held in South Africa. Adendorff started their first match in the competition, but the hosts got off to a bad start, losing 19–23 to Ireland. He wasn't included in the matchday squad as South Africa recovered to beat Italy 52–3 in their second match, but he returned to the starting line-up as they beat England 28–15 to finish top of the log. Adendorff was a key figure in South Africa's vital victory, scoring two tries in the match. He started his third match of the tournament as South Africa easily dispatched Argentina in the semi-final, winning 35–3, and was named on the bench for the final against New Zealand. He didn't get any game time in the match, as South Africa won 22–16 in the final, to win the competition for the first time and ending New Zealand's four-year reign as champions.

He returned to domestic action for the Blue Bulls U21 side in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship. Despite still being in the Under-20 age group, he quickly established himself in the team. He missed their first match of the season, played off the bench in their second match against the Golden Lions U21 and was selected in the starting line-up for all their remaining twelve matches in the competition. He score